NDLON Reacts to New Pew Study on Deportations and Citizenship
Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, 773.791.4668, bloewe@ndlon.org
NDLON Reacts to New Pew Study on Deportations and Citizenship
December 19th – Washington, DC
In response to the new Pew Research Center Study “Deportation Relief Seen as More Important than Citizenship,” representatives of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statements:
Tania Unzueta stated, “It’s sometimes forgotten how personal the immigration debate is to those actually affected by it. Those debating the importance of citizenship need to be listening to those who live undocumented, those in detention centers, and those getting deported. Political equality starts with, and this debate actually moves forward when, people get to make the case for themselves instead of having their lives decided by others. One thing that’s clear is that you can’t decide your status preference if you’re already deported. Citizenship has been used as a bargaining chip for too long, and there’s a clear path toward it that starts with stopping deportations.”